State Senate Debates The Death Penalty

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield), left, and State Senator Edith Prague (D-Columbia), key figures in the bill being debated presently in the Senate to repeal the death penalty, talk in the Senate chamber during debate on amendments to the repeal bill.

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield), left, and State Senator Edith Prague (D-Columbia), key figures in the bill being debated presently in the Senate to repeal the death penalty, talk in the Senate chamber during debate on amendments to the repeal bill. (MARK MIRKO | mmirko@courant.com, Hartford Courant)

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield), left, and State Senator Edith Prague (D-Columbia), key figures in the bill being debated presently in the Senate to repeal the death penalty, talk in the Senate chamber during debate on amendments to the repeal bill.MARK MIRKO | mmirko@courant.com, Hartford Courant